BEAULIEU PREVIEW - Join in the fun and games ...

IOLAIRE - Twelve Atlantic crossings later Don Street's old girl is still going strong, says Greg Jones

MORGANN - Bill McDonald tries out an innovative kit boat from France

ISLANDER & JOLLY BOAT - Two affordable new boats from the South Coast, with Nikos

WOLSTENHOLME - Jenny Bennett on the designer of little gaffers and speedboats

GREENWICH PREVIEW - Your essential guide to this year's wooden boat show

LADY LOU - Robin Gates on the gentle revamp of a Dunkirk Little Ship

MACKSNACRACE - 82mph winds and 26ft waves on Lake Michigan. Dave Perry

GAFF RIG (Pt 2) ...Torrt Cunliffe tunes up

MARINE ART (Pt 2) - The Netherlands was its birthplace, says David Cordingly

READERS' TALES - Life and times of Oyster, a 1903 NZ yawl, by Theresa Biggelaar

ANODES (Pt 2) - Bob Forsyth on cathodic mass

EDITORIAL - Give our boatbuilders a chance

TELL TALES - 8s on Geneva; Falmouth latest

SPECIAL REPORT - RCD update by Marian Martin

NEXT MONTH - Don Fernanda and Expo 98

LETTERS - Mudie correction; Uffa's race; 'no' to gizmos; cockpit debate

JOHN TEALE ... on the one that got away

CALENDAR - The best in the business

CLOSE QUARTERS - Dan Houston talks to Bill Grindey, keeper of the Beaulieu

SUBSCRIPTIONS It's good stuff ...

BOATMAN'S NOTES - Tips from Lin, Bob and Greg

WOODWISE - Richard Hare on pitch pine

LAZARETTE - Osmosis cure; RYA charts; Riddle of the Sands sequel?

USEFUL ADDRESSES - Don't look anywhere else!

GETTING AFLOAT - Vanessa Bird sails TS Astrid

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